Button-fastener.



No. 780,510. PATENTED JAN. 24, 1905.

. S.B.LANE.

BUTTON FASTENER.

APPLIOATIQN FILED JUNE 27, 1904.

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PATENT OFFICE.

BUTTON-FASTENER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 780,510, dated January 24, 1905.

Application filed June 27, 19in. Serial no. 214,262.

To ctZZ whom/ it may concern.-

Be it known that I, SPENCER B. LANE, a citizen of the United States, and aresident o-f Waterbury, in the county of New Havenand State of Connecticut, have invented a new and Improved Button-Fastener, ofwhich the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

.My invention rel-ates to button-fasteners;

and it consists in certain novel parts and comside view showing the fastener of Fig. 1 attached to the material. Figs. '7 and 8 show a modified form of spring-stud involving my invention in two stages of its process of manufacture. Fig. 9 is a top view of the stud shown in Fig. 8. Fig. 10 is a sectional side view showing the stud of Fig. 8 applied to the material. Figs. 11 and 12 show another form of spring stud involving iny invention in process of manufacture. Fig. 13 is atop view of Fig. 12. Fig. 1 1 shows the stud of Fig. 8

attached to the material, and Fig. 15 is acrosssection of the anvil of the stud shown in Fig. 14.

The following is a description of the structure shown in the drawings. I

Fig. 1 shows a blank comprising a central part 16, adapted to form the centralboss of the stud, and pieces or arms 17, extending radially after it has passed through another die by means of which the arms are bent downward to form the bird-cage'19 and the central boss or dome 20. This partially-formed stud is then passed through a die by means of which the crimped portions 18 are flattened out, forming flanges 21 and legs 22, as shown in Figs. 4 and 5. This button is or may be attached to a glove or othersuitable material 23, as shown in Fig. 6, by bending outwardly the legs 22 on the under side of the material.

If preferred, however, the die which bends outwardly the legs 22 and attaches the button to the material may simultaneously collapse or flatten out the crimped portion 18 to form the flanges 21, as will be readily understood. The pressure exerted on the head of the dome in compressing or flattening the arms also gives the desired increase in diameter of the upper portion of the dome, as-shown, for example, in Fig. 1..

Instead of starting with such a blank as is shown in Fig. 1 I may employ a blank of the form shown in Fig. 7 in which 16 is the central part, adapted to form the central boss or cap of the stud, and 17 represents arms extending radially therefrom. From this blank by the steps already described the stud of Figs. 8, 9, and 10 may be made, in which 20 is the cap of the dome. 19 represents the-resilient sides thereof, 21 the sectional flange, and 22 the legs, which are in contact edge to edge, forminga cylindrical extension before it isattached to the material 23. In Fig. 10 I have shown this stud' attached to the material by means of a crimped washer 25, the legs 22 being bent in contact with the outer surface of the washer; but, if preferred, it may be attached by the means alreadyldescribed with reference to Fig. 6 or by the means hereinafter as is shown in Fig. 11, in which the part 16 is adapted to form the central boss or cap of the stud, and 17 represents arms extending ra-- dially therefrom. From the blanks shown in Fig. 11 by the steps already'described the stud shown in Figs. 12, 13, and 14may be'formed,

ments in contact edge to edge with each other.

This stud may be connected with the material in a manner shown in Figs.- 6 and 10, if desired.

While I have in Figs. 7 and 11 shown the outer ends of the several arms as being square, still when desired they may be more or less pointed to facilitate their piercing the fabric, as is shown, for instance, in Fig. 1.

Instead of attaching the studs to the material in the manner shown in Figs. 6 and 10 I may attach them by means of an anvil, as shown in Fig. 14. The anvil is shown in detail in Fig. 15 and is composed of an upwardly-extending part 26 and a rolled-over lower portion 27. The legs of the stud extend into this lower rolled-over portion, and the whole is then compressed against the under side of the material by means of a suitable die to form the completed structure. (Illustrated in Fig. 14:.)

In whichever manner constructed my stud when completed contains ahead, a flange, and a securing member, integral with each other, or, in other words, of a single piece of metal. The crown 20, 20, or 20 of the head is continuous, or, in other words, constitutes the unit or junction from which the arms composing the sides of the head, the flange, and the attachingmember extend. The flange is of two-ply, or, in other words, is formed by producing a return.- bend of each of the arms upon itself. The means of attachment is composed of the extension of the arms from the return-bend of the flange through and below the material. It will also be observed that this integral structure may be employed alone, as shown in Fig. 6, or in conjunction with the additional means of attachment shown in Fig. 10 or Fig. 1d. It will further be noted that each of the long arms 17 17, or 17 which, as above stated, compose the side of the head, the flange, and the attaching member of the stud, are formed by cutting away certain portions from the solid blank, so that when the blank is assembled in its complete stud-like form these cutaway portions form approximately vertical slots, each pair of slots being spaced apart by the long arm formed by the cutting of such s ots.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. An integral member comprising a head, a flange to overlie the material to which the stud is attached, the sides of the head being composed of arms extending from a junction at the crown of the head, and the flange being composed of a return-bend of said arms bent upon themselves intermediate their length, the portion of said arms below the flange being adapted to pass through the material to form means for attaching the stud to the material.

2. An integral stud member comprising a head, a flange to overlie the material to which the stud is attached, and a means of attachment extending through and below the material; the sides of the head being composed of resilient arms extending from a junction at the crown of the head, and the flange being composed of a return-bend of said arms bent upon themselves, and the attaching member being composed of extensions of said arms below said return-bend, in combination with a Washer engaging with the portions of the arms beneath the material.

3. An integral stud member comprising a head, a flange to overlie the material to which the stud is attached, and a means 01 attachment extending through and below the material, the sides of the head having a plurality of slots forming arms which extend out of contact with each other from the junction at the crown of the head, and the flange being composed of the return-bends of said arms, bent upon themselves in circumferential contact with each other, and the attaching member being composed of the extended portions of the arms below the material.

4:. An integral stud member comprising a head, a flange to overlie the material to which the stud is attached and a means of attaehment extending through and below the material; the sides of the head being composed of arms extending from a junction of the crown at the head and the flange being composed of a return-bend of said arms bent upon themselves and the attaching member being composed of extensions of said arms below said returnbend,in combination with a washer beneath the material and a dome extension of said washer entering the head of the stud.

5. A stud having a unitary or solid crown and arms extending downward from said crown to form the sides of the head, the flange and means of attachment; each of said arms being bent convex at the side of the head, thence with an outward and return bend forming a flange of double thickness, thence with a downward and outward bend through and below the material to which the stud is attached, and a retaining element engaging with the portions of the stud below the material.

6. As an article of manufacture, a stud member comprising a head having a solid crown, and a plurality of arms depending from said crown and separated from each other their entire length, each of said arms having an outwardly-extending flange formed integral therewith, the lower free extremity of each arm depending from the under side of the flange, and forming means for securing the stud to a fabric.

7. As an article of manufacture a stud member comprising a head member having a plurality of slots in the side thereof. spaced apart to form a relatively long arm, the material of said arm being bent outward and then backward upon-itself to form an outwardly-extending flange of double thickness intermediate the length of the arm, the lower free portion of said arm serving as a means for securing the stud to a fabric.

8. As an article of manufacture a stud member comprising a head having a solid-crown portion, a depending arm formed in the side of said head by a plurality of vertically-extending slots, and a flange of athickness double that of the thickness of the arm formed inserving as a means for securing the stud to a fabric.

10. A stud member comprising a head having a solid crown, and a plurality of depending arms, each arm having intermediate its length. an outwardly-extending flange of double the thickness of the material of the arm, said flange being formed of the material of the arm, the portion of each arm below the flange being adapted to extend through a fabric to which the stud is secured, and a locking element engaging with the said lower portion of each arm.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

SPENOER B. LANE.

Witnesses:-

HOWARD WEBSTER, F. M. PEASLEY. 

